Common Sandpiper seems to be hanging around

Very heavy morning showers till just after lunch, it then remained dry with sunny periods. A fresh west wind.

These shots by Kevin Singleton yesterday at the Heliport

Lapwing 

Little Egret and Oystercatcher 

South shore

08:45 - 10:00 (Malcolm)

A walk from the saltmarsh to the wooden jetty, mostly in heavy rain!

Linnet 12 on saltmarsh 

Wheatear 2 along foreshore 

Pied Wagtail 14 on Ocean Edge grass

Rock Pipits 6 - 4  at Red Nab plus 2 singles along the sea wall

Little Egret 3

Shelduck 2

There were lots of gulls feeding on the beach by the wooden jetty, but mainly Black-Headed. Just four adult Mediterranean gulls.

Mediterranean gull, you can see the Sandmason worm tubes where
the soft mud has been stripped away

Pete checked at lunchtime:

1/2 hr Seawatch including ferry arrival: two Juvenile Shag heading for wooden jetty, sandwich tern out.  

Zero of interest on outfalls

At least 12 Mediterranean gull on Red nab 1235.  

13:15 - 14:15 (Malcolm)

A check of the shore out from the saltmarsh towards high water

Common Sandpiper 1 - as I was walking out I saw it fly from the creek in the south of the rocky outcrop back towards the outcrop. When I was walking back and the tide had covered the creek it was resting on the rocks.

Common Sandpiper and an Oystercatcher 
This is the third time I have seen the Sandpiper here in just three visits.
Presumably the same bird has taken a liking to this improving habitat 

The only other waders were a group on the mud at the southern edge of the recording area.

Grey Plover 52

Knot 39

Dunlin 18

Grey Plover, Knot and Dunlin
It had rained so hard this morning that this section of shore was covered in water.

Middleton Nature Reserve (Malcolm)

Just a passing check, but I did manage to look at the "no swimming" pond as well as the main pond. The "no swimming" pond is 1.5m above its normal level, making it difficult to get a clear view.

The wildfowl was almost as yesterday.

10 Gadwall today, 2 on the "no swimming" pond.

Tufted 22 again, 6 on the "no swimming" pond

Mallard

Little grebe

All the Tufted Ducks seemed to be preening 

This female was particularly vigorous 

Cetti's warbler 1 singing

Long-Tailed Tits 6